IOKOBOS to JAMES
Eric S. Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Wed Aug 7 10:19:27 EDT 2002
> Should we not take into consideration that what we here is an indication of how
> shameful the name Judas had become, given that this was the name born by "the
> traitor"? We have a similar phenomenon -- the origin of which is known only now to
> those who are interested in historical trivia -- in the expression "your name will be
> Mudd".
>
> Yours,
>
> Jeffrey Gibson
I didn't mention or suggest it in my original post, because I thought this
reason for the book being called "Jude" instead of "Judas" would likely
suggest itself to everyone. I for one do not doubt that one reason, if not
THE reason, the book is called "Jude" is for precisely the reason Jeffrey
has stated. But ... it would be nice to know if there are other legitimate
reasons for the name change/diminution/corruption. Though, as Carl has
said, this is maybe far afield of now of B-Greek (Welch?!?!)
> --
> Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)
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